“Nothing Happens Until People Start Talking”

Rocky Mountain High:
Global Warming in the West

Monday, July 24, 2006
11:45 am – 1:15 pm, The Grove Hotel, Boise

Speaker:

Dr. Daniel Fagre Ecologist/Global Change Research Coordinator, USGS West Glacier, Montana

Global-scale environmental changes do act locally, affecting the Northern Rockies in many ways. Our forum speaker has spent 15 years in the forefront of global-warming science, studying the intricate connections between glaciers, avalanches, amphibians, alpine plants, paleoclimates and snow chemistry in our ecosystem and others. At Glacier National Park, he has documented numerous climate-driven changes to mountains, bringing to light underlying change mechanisms and projecting their potential effects on the region. Among his many discoveries: Only 27 glaciers are left of the 150 estimated to have existed in Glacier Park when it was founded in 1910.

Join City Club on July 24 to learn the important role mountains play in regional water supplies and our ecosystem’s responses to global warming.

Daniel Fagre is Research Ecologist and Global Change Research Coordinator for the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center of the U. S. Geological Survey. He is stationed at Glacier National Park, Mont., and is affiliated with several universities. The author of two books, Fagre received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, helped establish the Western Mountain Initiative and is active in international science networks. He recently received the Director’s Award for Natural Resource Research from the National Park Service.

Forum chair: Roberta Crockett

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